First, silence makes us pilgrims. Secondly, silence guards the fire within. Thirdly, silence teaches us to speak.
-Henri J.M. Nouwen
Quotations
Silence
Your silence gives consent.
-Plato
It is not easy to keep silent when silence is a lie.
-Victor Hugo
Not everyone talks in words.
-Nema Al Araby
Things that are real are given and received in silence. God has been everlastingly working in silence, unobserved, unheard, except by those who experience His infinite silence.
-A Spiritual Leader "Meher Baba"
Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer.
-Muhammad Ali
The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
Only Silence is complete.
-Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Silence makes the real conversations between friends. Not the saying, but the never needing to say is what counts.
-Margaret Lee Runbeck
In order to see birds it is necessary to become a part of the silence.
-Robert Lynd
